Electronic cigarette

ABSTRACT

An electronic cigarette comprising an outer sleeve is provided, and the electronic cigarette further includes plant leaves enveloping an outer surface of the outer sleeve. In the electronic cigarette, the plant leaves envelop the outer surface of the outer sleeve, and simulate a structure of a cigar. During use, touching the electronic cigarette enables a user to feel better and get a feel like touching a cigar, and the experience of the user is thereby improved.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This non-provisional application claims priorities under 35 U.S.C. §119(a) on Patent Application No. 201320390274.7 filed in P.R. China on Jul. 2, 2013, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the field of consumer electronic products, and more particularly, relates to an electronic cigarette.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

An electronic cigarette is mainly used to stop smoking, or used as a substitute of tobacco. At present, an electronic cigarette on the market generally includes an outer sleeve, a battery assembly, and an atomizer assembly. The battery assembly supplies electric power to the atomizer assembly to generate smoke, and the smoke is inhaled by users to simulate smoking tobacco.

In the prior art, the outer sleeve of the electronic cigarette is usually made of hard material such as steel, and stickers, paintings, or screen printings are often attached to an outer surface of the outer sleeve. Thus, an appearance of the electronic cigarette differs from that of existing cigars obviously. In use, the users may feel poor tactile sensation and texture, and bad experience.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The objective of the present invention is to provide an electronic cigarette which enables a user to feel better during use and improves the user's experience, aiming at the defects of the poor feeling and texture of the outer sleeve of the electronic cigarette in the prior art.

The technical solutions of the present invention for solving the technical problems are as follows.

An electronic cigarette comprising an outer sleeve is provided, and the electronic cigarette further includes plant leaves enveloping an outer surface of the outer sleeve.

Advantageously, the outer sleeve comprises an atomizing sleeve and a battery case connected with the atomizing sleeve detachably.

Advantageously, the plant leaves include a first kind of plant leaves and/or a second kind of plant leaves; the first kind of plant leaves envelop an outer surface of the atomizing sleeve; and the second kind of plant leaves envelop an outer surface of the battery case.

Advantageously, the electronic cigarette further comprises a cigarette-holder mounted on one end of the outer sleeve, and the cigarette-holder has a flat structure.

Advantageously, the plant leaves are any one kind of leaves selected from tobaccos, mint leaves, gynostemma pentaphyllum leaves, and grass coral leaves.

Advantageously, the electronic cigarette further comprises an adhesive layer configured to stick the plant leaves to the outer sleeve.

Advantageously, the electronic cigarette further comprises a transparent protective film enveloping outsides of the plant leaves.

Advantageously, the protective film includes a concave-convex non-slip portion formed on an outside of the protective film.

Advantageously, the electronic cigarette further comprises a rope configured to tie the plant leaves to the outer sleeve.

Advantageously, a thickness of each of the plant leaves ranges from 0.05 mm to 2 mm.

By implementing the electronic cigarette in the present invention, the following advantages can be achieved. In the electronic cigarette, the plant leaves envelop the outer surface of the outer sleeve, and simulate a structure of a cigar. During use, touching the electronic cigarette enables a user to feel better and get a feel like touching a cigar, and the experience of the user is thereby improved. Furthermore, during use, the structure of the outer sleeve enveloped with the plant leaves can achieve a heat insulation effect to prevent heat generated by the electronic cigarette from burning the user. Additionally, when the plant leaves are any one kind of leaves selected from tobaccos, mint leaves, gynostemma pentaphyllum leaves, and grass coral leaves, the electronic cigarette can emit fragrance of the plant leaves so that the electronic cigarette has more diversity.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments in the following, in the accompanying drawings:

FIG. 1 is a structural schematic view of an electronic cigarette of a first preferable embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the portion A shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a structural schematic view of the electronic cigarette of a second preferable embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a structural schematic view of the electronic cigarette of a third preferable embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

To make the technical feature, objective and effect of the present invention be understood more clearly, now the specific implementation of the present invention is described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a first preferable embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic cigarette, which comprises an outer sleeve 1 and plant leaves 2. An atomizer assembly 5 and a battery assembly 6 are mounted inside the outer sleeve 1. The plant leaves 2 envelop an outer surface of the outer sleeve 1. The plant leaves are configured to simulate the structure of a cigar, so that a user can feel better when he/she touches the electronic cigarette during use, and the user's experience is improved. Furthermore, the plant leaves can achieve a heat insulation effect to solve a problem that the user may be burned due to overheat of the outer sleeve 1 during use.

As shown in FIG. 3, a second preferable embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic cigarette, which differs from the electronic cigarette of the first embodiment in the structures of the outer sleeves 1 and the plant leaves 2. In the present embodiment, the outer sleeve 1 comprises an atomizing sleeve 11 and a battery case 12. The atomizer assembly 5 is mounted inside the atomizing sleeve 11, the battery assembly 6 is mounted inside the battery case 12, and the battery assembly 6 is connected to the atomizing sleeve 11 detachably. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the battery assembly 6 is connected to the atomizing sleeve 11 detachably via a threaded connection. The plant leaves 2 include a first kind of plant leaves 21 and a second kind of plant leaves 22; the first kind of plant leaves 21 envelop an outer surface of the atomizing sleeve 11, and the second kind of plant leaves 22 envelop an outer surface of the battery case 12. The outer sleeve 1 adopts the detachable structure comprising the atomizing sleeve 11 and the structure of the battery case 12, wherein the atomizing sleeve 11 is enveloped by the first kind of plant leaves 21 and the battery case 12 is enveloped by the second plant leaves 22. The aforementioned structure can also improve the user's experience and achieve the heat insulation effect. It is understood that the electronic cigarette can only adopt either the structure of the atomizing sleeve 11 enveloped by the first kind of plant leaves 21 or the structure of the battery case 12 enveloped by the second kind of plant leaves 22 in other embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 4, a third embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette further comprises a cigarette-holder 3 mounted inside the outer sleeve 1. This electronic cigarette differs from the electronic cigarette of the first embodiment in the structure of the cigarette-holders 3. In the present embodiment, the cigarette-holder 3 has a flat structure, and an end of the cigarette-holder 3 that is away from the outer sleeve 1 defines a vent configured to enable smoke to flow. This vent can also be designed to be located on a lateral surface of the cigarette-holder 3. The cigarette-holder 3 can be a structure integrated with the outer sleeve 1, and can also be a structure connected with the outer sleeve 1 detachably. The cigarette-holder 3 with the above-described structures diversifies the shape of the electronic cigarette, and improves the user's experience when the electronic cigarette is smoked.

It is understood that the plant leaves 2 of the above-described embodiments of the present invention can envelop the whole outer surface of the outer sleeve 1, and can also envelop a part of the outer surface of the outer sleeve 1.

In the above-described embodiments of the present, the plant leaves 2 are any one kind of leaves selected from tobaccos, mint leaves, gynostemma pentaphyllum leaves, and grass coral leaves. Advantageously, a thickness of each of the plant leaves 2 ranges from 0.05 mm to 2 mm. When the plant leaves 2 are any one kind of leaves selected from tobaccos, mint leaves, gynostemma pentaphyllum leaves, and grass coral leaves, the electronic cigarette can emit the fragrance corresponding to the plant leaves 2, so that the electronic cigarette has more diversity. Specifically, when the plant leaves 2 are tobaccos, the electronic cigarette smells like a real cigarette, and the electronic cigarette is more realistic. It is understood that the plant leaves 2 is not limited to the above-described kinds of plant leaves.

In order to envelop the outer surface of the outer sleeve 1 with the plant leaves 2 firmly, in the above-described embodiments of the present invention, various ways can be adopted to attach the plant leaves 2 to the outer sleeve 1. Specifically, a first way is adhesion, wherein the electronic cigarette further comprises an adhesive layer (not shown) configured to stick the plant leaves 2 to the outer sleeve 1, and the adhesive layer can be formed by glue, double-sided adhesive, resin glue, and so on. A second way is protective film enveloping. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, outsides of the plant leaves 2 are enveloped with a transparent protective film 4, and the protective film 4 enables the plant leaves 2 to envelop the outer surface of the outer sleeve 1 firmly. The protective film 4 includes a concave-convex non-slip portion formed on an outside thereof, and the concave-convex non-slip portion prevents the electronic cigarette from slipping away from a hand of a user. A third way is rope tying. As shown in FIG. 1, the electronic cigarette further comprises a rope 7. The rope 7 is usually a very thin rope, such as a hemp rope, a nylon rope, and so on. A structure adopting the rope 7 can tie the plant leaves 2 on the outer surface of the outer sleeve 1 firmly. In this embodiment, two ropes 7 are provided and the two ropes 7 tie two ends of the plant leaves 2 respectively. It is understood that the one or more than two ropes 7 can also be adopted, as long as the plant leaves 2 can be tied on the outer surface of the outer sleeve 1 firmly. In addition, the way to attach the plant leaves 2 to the outer sleeve 1 is not limited to the above-described connection means.

While the embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the accompanying drawings above, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementations. In fact, the above-mentioned specific implementations are intended to be exemplary not to be limiting. In the inspiration of the present invention, those ordinary skills in the art can also make many modifications without breaking away from the subject of the present invention and the protection scope of the claims. All these modifications belong to the protection of the present invention. 

What is claimed is:
 1. An electronic cigarette comprising an outer sleeve, wherein, the electronic cigarette further includes plant leaves enveloping an outer surface of the outer sleeve.
 2. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein, the outer sleeve comprises an atomizing sleeve and a battery case connected with the atomizing sleeve detachably.
 3. The electronic cigarette according to claim 2, wherein, the plant leaves include a first kind of plant leaves and/or a second kind of plant leaves; the first kind of plant leaves envelop an outer surface of the atomizing sleeve; and the second kind of plant leaves envelop an outer surface of the battery case.
 4. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein, the electronic cigarette further comprises a cigarette-holder mounted on one end of the outer sleeve, and the cigarette-holder has a flat structure.
 5. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein, the plant leaves are any one kind of leaves selected from tobaccos, mint leaves, gynostemma pentaphyllum leaves, and grass coral leaves.
 6. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein, the electronic cigarette further comprises an adhesive layer configured to stick the plant leaves to the outer sleeve.
 7. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein, the electronic cigarette further comprises a transparent protective film enveloping outsides of the plant leaves.
 8. The electronic cigarette according to claim 7, wherein, the protective film includes a concave-convex non-slip portion formed on an outside of the protective film.
 9. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein, the electronic cigarette further comprises a rope configured to tie the plant leaves to the outer sleeve.
 10. The electronic cigarette according to claim 1, wherein, a thickness of each of the plant leaves ranges from 0.05 mm to 2 mm. 